Behavioral activation treatments of depression: A meta-analysis

@article{citeulike:1443745, abstract = {Activity scheduling is a behavioral treatment of depression in which patients learn to monitor their mood and daily activities, and how to increase the number of pleasant activities and to increase positive interactions with their environment. We conducted a meta-analysis of randomized effect studies of activity scheduling. Sixteen studies with 780 subjects were included. The pooled effect size indicating the difference between intervention and control conditions at post-test was 0.87 (95\% CI: 0.60\~{}1.15). This is a large effect. Heterogeneity was low in all analyses. The comparisons with other psychological treatments at post-test resulted in a non-significant pooled effect size of 0.13 in favor of activity scheduling. In ten studies activity scheduling was compared to cognitive therapy, and the pooled effect size indicating the difference between these two types of treatment was 0.02. The changes from post-test to follow-up for activity scheduling were non-significant, indicating that the benefits of the treatments were retained at follow-up. The differences between activity scheduling and cognitive therapy at follow-up were also non-significant. Activity scheduling is an attractive treatment for depression, not only because it is relatively uncomplicated, time-efficient and does not require complex skills from patients or therapist, but also because this meta-analysis found clear indications that it is effective.}, author = {Cuijpers, Pim and van Straten, Annemieke and Warmerdam, Lisanne }, citeulike-article-id = {1443745}, journal = {Clinical Psychology Review}, keywords = {activation, depression, review}, month = {April}, number = {3}, pages = {318--326}, posted-at = {2007-07-09 10:05:54}, priority = {2}, title = {Behavioral activation treatments of depression: A meta-analysis}, url = {http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/B6VB8-4MM2670-2/2/18253853695c402b4417c5c7b9d61a42}, volume = {27}, year = {2007} }

TY - JOUR ID - citeulike:1443745 L3 - citeulike-article-id:1443745 N2 - Activity scheduling is a behavioral treatment of depression in which patients learn to monitor their mood and daily activities, and how to increase the number of pleasant activities and to increase positive interactions with their environment. We conducted a meta-analysis of randomized effect studies of activity scheduling. Sixteen studies with 780 subjects were included. The pooled effect size indicating the difference between intervention and control conditions at post-test was 0.87 (95% CI: 0.60~1.15). This is a large effect. Heterogeneity was low in all analyses. The comparisons with other psychological treatments at post-test resulted in a non-significant pooled effect size of 0.13 in favor of activity scheduling. In ten studies activity scheduling was compared to cognitive therapy, and the pooled effect size indicating the difference between these two types of treatment was 0.02. The changes from post-test to follow-up for activity scheduling were non-significant, indicating that the benefits of the treatments were retained at follow-up. The differences between activity scheduling and cognitive therapy at follow-up were also non-significant. Activity scheduling is an attractive treatment for depression, not only because it is relatively uncomplicated, time-efficient and does not require complex skills from patients or therapist, but also because this meta-analysis found clear indications that it is effective. IS - 3 JF - Clinical Psychology Review EP - 326 TI - Behavioral activation treatments of depression: A meta-analysis VL - 27 SP - 318 KW - activation KW - depression KW - review AU - Cuijpers, Pim AU - van Straten, Annemieke AU - Warmerdam, Lisanne PY - 2007/04// UR - http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/B6VB8-4MM2670-2/2/18253853695c402b4417c5c7b9d61a42 ER -